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Nutrition Final Exam Review Spring 2007
 * 1) What are four benefits people might notice when they begin taking steps to improve their health?
 * 2) Name four lifestyle choices that will affect a person’s chances of getting a disease.
 * 3) List three main nutrition problems that are affecting the current st ate of wellness in the United States.
 * 4) Explain the relationship between peer pressure and health habits.
 * 5) Why is it often difficult to make changes in personal health habits?
 * 6) Describe a constructive health-related habit you have observed in the life of one of your family members.
 * 7) Which three types of nutrients do //__not__// provide energy?
 * 8) for each of the following functions of nutrients, give an example.
 * 9) Nutrients build and repair body tissues
 * 10) Nutrient regulate all body processes
 * 11) Nutrients proved energy
 * 12) For each of the following, give the number of calories it provides per gram.
 * 13) Protein
 * 14) Carbohydrates
 * 15) Fats
 * 16) Give one example of mechanical digestion and one example of chemical digestion.
 * 17) Identify one way emotions can affect digestion.
 * 18) Explain how physical activity effects digestion and absorption.
 * 19) Select one personal eating habit you need to improve. Explain how this habit can affect your digestion, absorption, and general wellness.
 * 20) List the names of the food groups in the My Pyramid Food Guide.
 * 21) What is a serving size?
 * 22) List the ten Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
 * 23) What information does the Daily Value on a nutrition label give?
 * 24) What is nutrient density?
 * 25) How can you use the My Pyramid guide in meal planning?
 * 26) For which group or groups from the new Food Guide Pyramid are you most likely to have trouble eating the recommended number of servings? Why?
 * 27) Use the new Food Guide Pyramid to plan a one-day menu featuring meals and snacks that meet your nutrient t needs. Write the menu bellow, making sure to include all needed servings form each group.
 * 28) What are four key functions of carbohydrates?
 * 29) What are three diseased that may be prevented or controlled by fiber in the diet?
 * 30) What percent of daily calories should come from refined sugars?
 * 31) What percent of daily calories should come from fat?
 * 32) What are six symptoms of diabetes mellitus?
 * 33) How does fiber help prevent constipation, reduce the likelihood of hemorrhoids and relived diarrhea?
 * 34) How many grams of fiber should you include in your diet each day?
 * 35) Which fats tend to be higher in saturated fatty acids – those from animal or those from plants?
 * 36) List seven controllable factors that affect heart health.
 * 37) Name four ways exercise can have a positive effect on heart health.
 * 38) What is the relationship between fat in the diet and risk for cancer?
 * 39) Explain how plaque buildup in the arteries causes high blood pressure.
 * 40) What was the most startling fact you learned by taking this class? How will you use this information to help you eat more healthfully?
 * 41) Your fiend has an overweight mother and a father with high blood pressure. She has gone on a totally fat-free diet because she want to stay slim and healthy. What advice would you offer her?
 * 42) List four ways you can modify your diet to limit fats and cholesterol.
 * 43) Which stages of the life cycle have you already completed?
 * 44) How does gender determine the amounts of nutrients a person needs?
 * 45) Why do a woman’s nutritional needs change during pregnancy?
 * 46) List four healthful snacks parents can provide for children.
 * 47) What are two major causes of childhood weight problems?
 * 48) Describe how teen pregnancy cause special problems not seen in the pregnancies of adult women.
 * 49) Briefly describe three ways nutritional needs change after age 50.
 * 50) What are the tree most common eating disorders?
 * 51) What two groups of people most commonly have eating disorders?
 * 52) What are three emotions that often accompany binge eating disorders?
 * 53) Name one major source of social pressure to be thin.
 * 54) What is the goal of counseling in treating binge eating disorders?
 * 55) What motivates anorexics to keep dieting?
 * 56) Why are bulimics sometimes harder to identify than anorexics?
 * 57) What would you do if you believed your friend had an eating disorder?
 * 58) List three main goals for physical activity?
 * 59) How much moderate activity is required per day to achieve good health?
 * 60) What has increased the spread of nutrition myths and misinformation among athletes?
 * 61) What are the symptoms of dehydration?
 * 62) What fluid intake is recommended by the American Dietetics Association before, during and after an athletic event?
 * 63) What are some reasons why salt tablets are NOT recommended to replace sodium lost during physical activity?
 * 64) Explain why an athlete might be concerned with gaining of loosing weight. What additional considerations do athletes have when trying to lose, gain or maintain body weight?